How to have a Successful Meet the Teacher Night Back to school time and meet the teacher is just around the corner! One of the most important things we do at the beginning of the year is share our classroom information with students and families. Everything from classroom expectations, homework, specials schedules, snacks, arrival & dismissal procedures... you name it. There's A TON! Now, imagine a parent with kids in multiple grade levels. All of that information for multiple kids and multiple classrooms. WHOA. Let's talk about how to make all of this information less daunting ... read more
1st Grade Math Centers for Common Core
Struggling with planning 1st grade math centers that are engaging and align with Common Core standards that you can use all year long? You'll love this post with tons of helpful links to help you find the best 1st grade math centers for your classroom! *If you're a 2nd grade teacher, head to this post! The Importance of 1st Grade Math Centers for Common Core Math centers provide the perfect time for students to practice, review, and apply the strategies they’ve been learning. My students have math centers every day, and it’s definitely a favorite! Aligning your math centers to ... read more
Free Planning Templates for Teachers
How many times have you wanted to plan ahead, only to get overwhelmed by all of the standards, resources, and ideas you have (or don't have)? Finding the right planning templates for teachers can be hard! Sound familiar? I've been there! I get excited planning for the upcoming month(s), but then when I sit down to do the nitty-gritty planning, frustration sets in because I have out a million books, worksheets, crafts, centers, and so much more. Let's talk about a solution! Free Planning Templates! If you're anything like me, I find it incredibly helpful to my upcoming ... read more
Beginning of the Year Math Assessments
Beginning of the Year Math Assessments At the beginning of the year, it's always incredibly important to get to know your students as readers and mathematicians. Having the right beginning of the year math assessments is crucial! I always found it was much easier to get to know my students' reading ability because we always had Fountas & Pinnell or DRA to use. However, when it came to math, I had to come up with my own assessments. The district assessments I had were not helpful. While I often used paper/pencil, whole class assessments, it wasn't exactly what I needed or wanted. ... read more
First Year Teacher Tips
First year teacher tips to from seasoned teachers Congratulations! You've landed your very first teaching job! It's such an exciting time. Today I'm sharing with you tons of first year teacher advice from seasoned teachers who have been exactly where you've been! Plus, at the end of this post you'll find a FREE back to school routines & procedures checklist to help you during your first week of school! First Year Teacher Tips for Classroom Management Set your standards and routines from day one.Be consistent in classroom management but flexible in teaching.Clearly set your ... read more
Digital Learning: Getting Started
I've heard from so many teachers that they're worried about planning for a part-time digital learning year and part-time in the classroom year with our current global pandemic. It's hard to plan for everything, and it's not easy to learn so many different platforms to help you teach remotely! That's why I rounded up digital learning guides for platforms such as Google Classroom, Google Slides, Boom Learning, and Seesaw! Digital Learning with Google Classroom & Slides Is this your first time using Google Classroom? Tales from Outside the classroom has a great video introduction to ... read more
Free Summer Math Review
Want to help your students keep their brains sharp this summer? Send home these free summer math review sheets! These one-page math sheets include a problem of the day for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Math Review: Problem of the Day While we always want our students practicing math and reading skills over the summer, it can sometimes be too much. After all, kids need summer break, too! That's why this is a quick, one-page problem of the day that your students can complete in just a few minutes. Encourage parents and families to reinforce the skill each day. Did ... read more
Math With Playing Cards
Right now many teachers and families are learning how to cope with this new normal of working from home, distance learning, and so much more. I know it's an incredibly stressful time! I wanted to give teachers and families a fun way to practice math skills at home with just a simple deck of playing cards! When schools first started closing due to coronavirus, my friend Alisha from Missing Tooth Grins and I knew we wanted to help. We put together 40 free pages of math & literacy printables for first and second grade. (You can still grab them here for free if you want them!) ... read more
Differentiating Math Centers Easily
During guided math, my students went to 3 math rotations a day. Teacher table, independent work, and math centers. I love, love, LOVE using math centers in the classroom! I loved meeting with my small groups at teacher table and teaching each small group at an appropriate level. Then, students would leave teacher table and complete differentiated independent work. There was just one problem staring me right in the face. My third rotation: Math centers. Differentiating math centers was not happening in my classroom. (PS - I'm giving away a free math center at the end of this ... read more
Fact Fluency Friday Activities
I don't know about you, but I love Fridays. There's something about the happiness of a Friday that makes us as teachers change things up a little bit. In my 2nd grade classroom we always had "Free Choice Friday" for the last 20 minutes of the day, but in the morning, I wanted a new tradition. That's when I started with Fact Fluency Friday! Plus, I'm sharing a free board game you can download at the end of this post! While I'll share how I did this with 2nd grade, you can start Fact Fluency Fridays at ANY grade! The 2nd grade standards require students to build addition and subtraction ... read more
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